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Table 1 Microbiological profile of healthcare-associated, community and hospital-acquired infections by focus of infection

From: Microbiology of healthcare-associated infections and the definition accuracy to predict infection by potentially drug resistant pathogens: a systematic review

Pneumonia

Endocarditis

Number of studies/patients

13 studies/6154 patients

Number of studies/patients

2 studies/1814 patients

Number of patients (isolations)

HCAI - 1814 (1051–58 %)

CAI - 4264 (2355–55 %)

HAI - 147 (121–82 %)

Number of patients (isolations)

HCAI 284 (100 %)

CAI 1213 (100 %)

HAI 325 (100 %)

Microorganism, n (%)

Microorganism, n (%)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

394 (37)

1389 (59)

18 (15)

Staphylococci

164 (59)

285 (24)

124 (38)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

114 (11)

70 (3)

6 (5)

MRSA (of all Staphylococci isolation)

89 (54)

39 (14)

58 (47)

Staphylococcus aureus

124 (12)

106 (4)

31 (26)

Enterococci

45 (16)

97 (8)

43 (13)

MRSA (of all Staphylococci isolation)

75 (60)

31 (29)

19 (61)

Coagulase negative Staphylococci

38 (14)

71 (6)

39 (12)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

102 (10)

69 (3)

27 (22)

Streptococcus viridans

36 (13)

328 (27)

14 (4)

Haemophilus influenzae

56 (5)

179 (8)

1 (1)

Gram negative bacilli

0 (0)

2 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

Atypical agents

38 (4)

349 (15)

     

E. coli

18 (2)

6 (0.3)

7 (6)

    

PDR pathogensa, p value*

235 (22)

119 (5), p < 0.0001

56 (46), p < 0.0001

PDR pathogensa, p value*

89 (32)

40 (3), p < 0.0001

58 (18), p < 0.0001

Urinary tract infections

Bloodstream infection

Number of studies/patients

2 studies/595 patients

Number of studies/patients

6 studies/3320 patients

Number of patients (isolations)

HCAI 199 (189–95 %)

CAI 228 (205–90 %)

HAI 168 (163–97 %)

Number of patients

HCAI 1176

CAI 994

HAI 1337

Microorganism, n (%)

Microorganism, n (%)

E. coli

120 (63)

147 (72)

61 (37)

E. coli

231 (20)

353 (35)

263 (20)

Klebsiella spp

17 (9)

12 (6)

17 (10)

Staphylococcus aureus

117 (10)

85 (9)

286 (21)

ESBL

18 (10)

4 (2)

9 (6)

MRSA (of all Staphylococcus aureus isolation)

42 (36)

10 (12)

186 (65)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

10 (5)

5 (2)

19 (12)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

85 (7)

48 (5)

180 (13)

Proteus spp.

8 (4)

14 (7)

12 (7)

ESBL

21 (2)

14 (1)

61 (5)

Other gram negative rods

7 (4)

11 (5)

17 (10)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

58 (5)

20 (2)

121 (9)

Enterococcus spp.

8 (4)

7 (3)

12 (7)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

21 (2)

132 (13)

15 (1)

PDR pathogensa, p value*

29 (15)

11 (5), p = 0.001

32 (20), p = 0.353

PDR pathogensa, p value*

132 (11)

49 (5), p < 0.0001

423 (32), p < 0.0001

  1. *p value refers to comparison of HCAI with CAI or HCAI with HAI
  2. aPDR pathogens = MRSA, Pseudomonas sp, Acinectobacter sp, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, ESBL